David Edwards Film Review: Takers
475 views · Published 4 October 2010 · 1:40 · Indexed 31 October 2026
Channel: The Mirror · 2010 · Film & Animation
The temperature is turned to tepid in this heist drama inspired by Michael Mann's Heat. There's nothing particularly wrong with Takers, but very little that's right. The Wire's Idris Elba is Gordon, the head of a team of high-living thieves (including Hayden Chistensen, Paul Walker and Chris Brown) who are relentlessly pursued by Matt Dillon's dogged detective.
